Limonium virgatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Limonium virgatum (Willd.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 141 (1869)

Homotypic
- Statice virgata Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 336 (1809)
- Taxanthema virgatum (Willd.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 333 (1826)
Heterotypic
- Limonium melium (Nyman) Pignatti in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 365 (1971)
- Limonium tenium (Heldr.) Rech.f. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 80: 371 (1961)
- Statice cosyrensis subsp. melia Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 612 (1881)
- Statice melia Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 612 (1881), not validly publ.
- Statice smithii Ten. in Fl. Napol. 3: 350 (1829)
- Statice taubertii Hausskn. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 11: 53 (1897)
- Statice viminea Schrad. ex Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 37 (1819)
- Statice virgata var. smithii (Ten.) Rouy in Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 1: 159 (1904)
- Statice virgata var. tenia Heldr. in Exsicc. (Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1901: n.° 1683 (1901)
- Taxanthema vimineum (Schrad. ex Hornem.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 333 (1826)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Türkey-in-Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkey

Fourreau, J.-P. 1869. Catalogue des plantes du cours du Rhône. (Suite). Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, sér. 2, 17: 89–200. BHL Reference page. ː Fourreau

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Limonium virgatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 08. Reference page.
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Tropicos.org 2025. Limonium virgatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 September 2025. Reference page.